Occupation Atlasspecialist dentist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a580e79a-b752-49c1-b033-b5ab2b34bfba
specialist dentist
Specialist dentists prevent, diagnose and treat anomalies and diseases affecting the teeth, mouth, jaws and adjoining tissues specialised in oral surgery or orthodontics.
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Job Zone
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Zone 5: Extensive Preparation Needed
Extensive preparation. Usually a graduate degree, with extensive skill, knowledge and experience — many of these occupations expect more than five years of experience.
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Occupational interest profile
IRSInvestigative · Realistic · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative5.48
- R Realistic5.23
- S Social4.41
- C Conventional3.71
- E Enterprising2.00
- A Artistic1.17
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Dentists, General (29-1021.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (9)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- carry out local anesthesia in dental procedures
- correct dentofacial deformities
- diagnose abnormalities of dental-facial structures
- examine dental models and impressions
- manage dental emergencies
- perform dental clinical examination
- perform oral health diagnosis
- perform reconstructive oral surgery
- treat tooth decay
Optional (27)
- analyse X-ray imagery
- conduct continuing professional development workshops
- conduct health related research
- contribute to practice innovation in health care
- discuss dental treatment options with patient
- employment law
- evaluate clinical outcomes of dental hygiene interventions
- handle payments in dentistry
- impact of social contexts on health
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- maintain dental station and operatory
- manage healthcare staff
- observe patient throughout dental treatment
- oral surgery
- organise public oral health programmes
- orthodontics
- pedagogy
- perform dental charting
- perform dental hygiene interventions
- prepare patients for dental treatment
- provide instruction in orthodontic procedures
- record healthcare users' billing information
- supervise dental technician staff
- teach dentistry
- train employees
- use foreign languages for health-related research
- use foreign languages in patient care
O*NET equivalents
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Closest occupations
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dental practitioner
7 shared · 60 more of its owncarry out local anesthesia in dental procedures, diagnose abnormalities of dental-facial structures, manage dental emergencies, perform dental clinical examination
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